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[email protected] January 29, 2009 Sensors with Wings” Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for Earth Science Geoff Bland NASA GSFC WFF (614.6) – AeroScienceLab (ASL) 757-824-2855

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“Sensors with Wings”Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for Earth Science

Geoff BlandNASA GSFC WFF (614.6) – AeroScienceLab (ASL)

757-824-2855

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Measurement Objectives

• Agricultural and Environmental Observations• Atmospheric Measurements• Chlorophyll (Ocean Color)• Salinity• Soil Moisture • Snow/Ice Depth

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UAS Examples

• Internally Developed sUAS:– XAP, AEROS– Aerotenna, TwinCam, ImageAireLite

• Commercially Provided/Operated UAS:– BAI Aerosystems: Tern– AAI/Aerosonde: Aerosonde

• Other NASA UAS:– SIERRA

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Thermal Infrared Imaging

Color Infrared

Images from ~400 ft

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Wallops MicroSpectrometer

• Miniature System for Chlorophyll Measurements, Including Ocean Color

• 330 -1100 nm• Development Initiated 1999 (Yungel, et al)• <5 lb Instrument & Data System (w/Power)

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Aerotenna

Ocean

Marsh

• Integrated Sensor System Experiment for Salinity, Soil Moisture and Snow & Ice Thickness Measurements

• Resolution ~10 Meters• Prototype Passive L-Band (1.413 GHz)

Radiometer (Hilliard, et al)• ~12 lb sUAS with Electric Propulsion

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TwinCam

• Low Cost, Easy-to-Field Proof-of-Concept sUAS

• Visible and Near-Infrared (>695 nm) Video Cameras

• ~2.5 lb sUAS with Electric Propulsion

• Developed for Agricultural Research and Remote Sensing Education

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ImageAire Lite ii

• Thermal Infrared, Visible, and Near-Infrared Imagers with Real-Time Video Downlink

• GPS, Temperature, Humidity, and Pressure Measurements

• Provisions for Miniature Carbon Dioxide (Anasphere, Vista Photonics) and Sulfur Dioxide (Pieri, et al) Sensors

• ~6.5 lb sUAS, Suitable for Shipping, Assembles in Ten Minutes

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Collaboration Potential

• Services – Instrument Integration, Testing and Field Operations

• UAS Development and Production• Instrument Development and Production